Nomads on the brink of death due to persistent drought: ‘If the rain does not come, I am afraid we will starve to death’

“If it were up to me, I would prefer to disappear.” 70-year-old Abdi Ahmed Farah says it with a forced smile. Farah is one of thousands of nomads in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia who have left their habitat due to persistent drought. The rains have not been there for three years and the scarce emergency aid is hampered by, among other things, the closure of the American USAID.

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